Doomsday Book
Britishnoun
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Connie Willis’ 1992 Hugo- and Nebula-award-winning novel Doomsday Book accomplishes all of this while also examining how people in dire scenarios maintain hope and compassion.
From Slate • Dec. 8, 2020
The region was first listed in the Doomsday Book in 1086.
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2019
The lawsuit argues that the Fed ignored the legal opinions in the Doomsday Book again in taking a 79.9 percent equity stake in A.I.G. in the fall of 2008.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2014
The last time two books tied for the Hugo best novel prize was in 1993, when Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep and Connie Willis's Doomsday Book shared the award.
From The Guardian • Sep. 6, 2010
On a page are portrayed Ethelwold and King Edgar, but its chief importance is the record of instructions received by the commissioners to supply details and valuation of property for the "Doomsday Book."
From Cathedral Cities of England by Gilbert, George
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